9. Hyphens or Asterisks for Bullets
| - | Using hyphens or asterisks as bullets is a typewriter habit, and it looks dumb in professional type. |
| * | The round dot bullet (•, type Option 8) is a little better, but experiment with more interesting bullets. |
| - | You can get strong little squares or triangles out of Zapf Dingbats, or play with other picture fonts. Make them smaller and use the baseline shift feature to raise them off the baseline (read the manual!). |
| * | It’s amazing how this little touch can add more sophistication to a piece. See Chapter 26. |
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